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ArticleBMJ case reports2018

Long-term survival in a patient with pulmonary spindle cell carcinoma treated with traditional Chinese medicine.

Wenyuan Li, Maoyan Chen, Yuanhong Zhao

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wenyuan LiDepartment of Breast Oncology, Tianjin Tumor Hospital, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8831-9889
Maoyan ChenDepartment of Oncology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Yuanhong ZhaoDepartment of Oncology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0562-5718
First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spindle cell carcinoma (SCC) is a rare pulmonary malignancy, accounting for only 0.2%-0.3% of all lung cancers. Therefore, the prognosis and treatment of pulmonary SCC is unclear. There are only 13 reported cases in literature, only three of which had a survival of more than 11 months. Here we reported a long-term survival of a patient with pulmonary SCC who underwent treatment with traditional Chinese medicine. At the most recent follow-up in July 2018, her survival after diagnosis is 48 months and she continues to do well. To our knowledge, this is the longest survival of late stage SCC with the largest tumour burden.

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FemaleHumansLungLung NeoplasmsMedicine, Chinese TraditionalMiddle AgedPrognosisProgression-Free SurvivalSarcomaTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment Outcomecancer interventioncomplementary medicinelung cancer (oncology)

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PMID30196260
PMCPMC6129063
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